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January 18, 2011
What did I ever do without it...
I've been tagging old journal entries and I love the fact that the internet has progress so far that this:
Entanglements - January 10th, 2001:
Encore -- Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets [by] T. E. Lawrence. Edited by J. M. Wilson. Pref. by C. Day Lewis:
Amazon.com: Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets (9780385070010): T. E Lawrence, J.M. Wilson, C. Day Lewis: Books:
Entanglements - January 10th, 2001:
A book I'd like to find: My freshman year in college I found this book in UNL's library... T.E. Lawrence had a book in which he wrote down the poems that he liked, that affected him. It was an interesting anthology.can lead to this:
Encore -- Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets [by] T. E. Lawrence. Edited by J. M. Wilson. Pref. by C. Day Lewis:
Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets [by] T. E. Lawrence. Edited by J. M. Wilson. Pref. by C. Day Lewisand ultimately this:
Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. comp
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972 [c1971]
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Amazon.com: Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets (9780385070010): T. E Lawrence, J.M. Wilson, C. Day Lewis: Books:
Minorities; good poems by small poets and small poems by good poets [Hardcover]Do not try to convince me that the world we live in isn't fan-frickin-tastic.
January 16, 2011
RoW80 - January 16th Check In
Plugging along.
Started new scenes Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday: 1071
Thursday: 1004
Friday: 433 new words, cut 381
Catch-up Saturday: 508
For my first two weeks, I wrote 10,324 words; added 8005 to the manuscript. Luck for Hire is at 19,078 words.
Didn't get done this week: writing flash or sending out submissions. I've also been pretty hermit-y since Tuesday.
I did get the Christmas tree down and mucked out the apartment. I'm nearly moved in on the "new" computer.
Also, LJ and the blog hop code do not get along. Click here to return to Mr. Linky.
Started new scenes Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday: 1071
Thursday: 1004
Friday: 433 new words, cut 381
Catch-up Saturday: 508
For my first two weeks, I wrote 10,324 words; added 8005 to the manuscript. Luck for Hire is at 19,078 words.
Didn't get done this week: writing flash or sending out submissions. I've also been pretty hermit-y since Tuesday.
I did get the Christmas tree down and mucked out the apartment. I'm nearly moved in on the "new" computer.
Also, LJ and the blog hop code do not get along. Click here to return to Mr. Linky.
January 13, 2011
RoW80 - January 12th Check In
So, last Friday, I started writing a scene (let's call it "NY B&E") and my computer ate 300 words of it.
On Saturday I rewrote and added to NY B&E and hit my hard goal for the week. (More about hard and soft goals in a moment.) As a scene, NY B&E was about half finished. I needed to talk to Eric about details.
I got up Monday morning and banged out 300 words on a fun conversation scene that comes *after* NY B&E. Eric and I talked. Details were worked out and then I reread NY B&E. And disliked it. It was a boring scene the way I had written it. So I cut 725 words and started over...again. Wrote 782 total new words on Monday.
Had my work cut out for me Tuesday. I needed to finish NY B&E, an action scene, and I was behind on my word count. I turned off the social networks, despite it being #TuesdaySerial. I ignored the VOTS emails, even though it would take just a few minutes to answer just a few emails. I ignored the huge mess I had made on Monday when I started pulling the Christmas tree apart. I even ignored #2QueryTuesday. Action scenes are hard for me and I had to keep at it all day. I'm not virtuous; 1384 words isn't a great count for being at the computer as long as I was. NY B&E is much better scene now but its still not quite there.
No progress yet today. Took care of VOTS stuff, packed up the tree, played some ultimate frisbee, talked to Eric about the next scene. Feeling okay about life.
Now, my goals. My original goal (which will now be referred to as the soft goal) was to add 50K words to the Luck for Hire manuscript. This is going to be a tough goal to reach. Writing a 1000 words a day isn't *too* difficult, but when rewrites occur getting to a manuscript positive 1000 words a day isn't easy (for me). Eric has made it clear that, thus far, he's happy with progress; that writing 5000 new words a week is getting it done. So, that's going to continue to be the hard goal: 10K of new words every two weeks. But I still want Luck for Hire to be at 61K by March 24th.
On Saturday I rewrote and added to NY B&E and hit my hard goal for the week. (More about hard and soft goals in a moment.) As a scene, NY B&E was about half finished. I needed to talk to Eric about details.
I got up Monday morning and banged out 300 words on a fun conversation scene that comes *after* NY B&E. Eric and I talked. Details were worked out and then I reread NY B&E. And disliked it. It was a boring scene the way I had written it. So I cut 725 words and started over...again. Wrote 782 total new words on Monday.
Had my work cut out for me Tuesday. I needed to finish NY B&E, an action scene, and I was behind on my word count. I turned off the social networks, despite it being #TuesdaySerial. I ignored the VOTS emails, even though it would take just a few minutes to answer just a few emails. I ignored the huge mess I had made on Monday when I started pulling the Christmas tree apart. I even ignored #2QueryTuesday. Action scenes are hard for me and I had to keep at it all day. I'm not virtuous; 1384 words isn't a great count for being at the computer as long as I was. NY B&E is much better scene now but its still not quite there.
No progress yet today. Took care of VOTS stuff, packed up the tree, played some ultimate frisbee, talked to Eric about the next scene. Feeling okay about life.
Now, my goals. My original goal (which will now be referred to as the soft goal) was to add 50K words to the Luck for Hire manuscript. This is going to be a tough goal to reach. Writing a 1000 words a day isn't *too* difficult, but when rewrites occur getting to a manuscript positive 1000 words a day isn't easy (for me). Eric has made it clear that, thus far, he's happy with progress; that writing 5000 new words a week is getting it done. So, that's going to continue to be the hard goal: 10K of new words every two weeks. But I still want Luck for Hire to be at 61K by March 24th.
January 9, 2011
RoW80 - January 9th Check In
It's been quite the week.
Wednesday: I deleted 221 words and added 1035.
Thursday: Added 592. Eric and I had one of those conversations that are magic. Okay, since I'm not much of a talker, it was Eric-sided conversation magic. He was at the "what should Aleister do next" point and suggested that we should see some tangential event, some thing that happens often to Aleister, like him saving a random damsel from a mugging. I turned my lip up at adding such a non-plot event, even if it did say something about Aleister's life. Luckily (heh), Eric continued to riff on the idea and it became the "Business as Usual" excerpt that I posted for #FridayFlash. It's pretty integral to the next bit of plot.
I was hesitant about the next part and distracted by league prep. But it was Thursday. I had written 4000 words for the week and was not worried.
Friday: My main work computer, an eMachine, has been wheezing for about two years. eMachines used to have power supply problems and, for the last two summers, we expected that computer to bite the dust. It's a six year old computer. Increasingly, it and the internet didn't get along. Last week, it had some sort of problem finding D:\\. This week, it was slow and glitchy. And then on Friday night it ate the 350 words I had labored over. I have a healthy Ctrl-S habit, so it's hard to believe that I never saved all evening. The document time stamp said it was last modified right before the crash. But none of my work was in evidence when I logged back in. Plus, Friday had a good portion of league drama. 0 words added.
Saturday: Spent most of the afternoon migrating to a computer in the backroom, Eric's workspace. This will be my box from here on out, so I spent some time settling in. I started rewriting the bit that I lost and discovered that it was pretty boring. I ended up deleting 400 words that I had just written and starting over. Again. Take three on this cursed scene. I ended up adding 1100 new words. Still not happy with the scene. I'll have to talk to Eric later today.
Current manuscript word count: 15,009
Other: Drafted my 52|250 story this morning. I need to finish it up. Behind on reading. The tree still up and is now imbued with a Schroedinger quality since I am working in the back room and can't see it. Does a Christmas tree in February exist if it is not observed? In regards to league prep interfering, "writing first" needs to be my mantra. Actually, the mantra needs to be "Luck first." 52|250 and short stories are okay, but they're not a novel. And I need to start writing earlier in the day instead of starting at 8pm. Even if I only get a couple hundred before noon, that takes pressure off of what's later.
Wednesday: I deleted 221 words and added 1035.
Thursday: Added 592. Eric and I had one of those conversations that are magic. Okay, since I'm not much of a talker, it was Eric-sided conversation magic. He was at the "what should Aleister do next" point and suggested that we should see some tangential event, some thing that happens often to Aleister, like him saving a random damsel from a mugging. I turned my lip up at adding such a non-plot event, even if it did say something about Aleister's life. Luckily (heh), Eric continued to riff on the idea and it became the "Business as Usual" excerpt that I posted for #FridayFlash. It's pretty integral to the next bit of plot.
I was hesitant about the next part and distracted by league prep. But it was Thursday. I had written 4000 words for the week and was not worried.
Friday: My main work computer, an eMachine, has been wheezing for about two years. eMachines used to have power supply problems and, for the last two summers, we expected that computer to bite the dust. It's a six year old computer. Increasingly, it and the internet didn't get along. Last week, it had some sort of problem finding D:\\. This week, it was slow and glitchy. And then on Friday night it ate the 350 words I had labored over. I have a healthy Ctrl-S habit, so it's hard to believe that I never saved all evening. The document time stamp said it was last modified right before the crash. But none of my work was in evidence when I logged back in. Plus, Friday had a good portion of league drama. 0 words added.
Saturday: Spent most of the afternoon migrating to a computer in the backroom, Eric's workspace. This will be my box from here on out, so I spent some time settling in. I started rewriting the bit that I lost and discovered that it was pretty boring. I ended up deleting 400 words that I had just written and starting over. Again. Take three on this cursed scene. I ended up adding 1100 new words. Still not happy with the scene. I'll have to talk to Eric later today.
Current manuscript word count: 15,009
Other: Drafted my 52|250 story this morning. I need to finish it up. Behind on reading. The tree still up and is now imbued with a Schroedinger quality since I am working in the back room and can't see it. Does a Christmas tree in February exist if it is not observed? In regards to league prep interfering, "writing first" needs to be my mantra. Actually, the mantra needs to be "Luck first." 52|250 and short stories are okay, but they're not a novel. And I need to start writing earlier in the day instead of starting at 8pm. Even if I only get a couple hundred before noon, that takes pressure off of what's later.
January 7, 2011
Friday Frivolity
Not really feeling frivolous, but I can hope that the use of happy words can affect mood like happy expressions affect mood.
Where am/was I this week:New words on Luck for Hire means new Luck on the web. My official #FridayFlash is "Business as Usual." Chronologically, this is the most up-to-date Luck, but on the blog I should have a few "Scene Missing" placards for bits I haven't posted.I have a very short piece up at 52|250 as well: "Evidence." I EtherPad-ed it again as well.Posted Chapter 29 of Pas de Chat on Sunday.And I may or may not have mentioned, "Breakfast in the Garden" is in Bards and Sages Quarterly .And all of that is pretty good reason to feel a tiny bit good despite having a cranky computer and the usual 24 hours to get spring league up and going.
Where am/was I this week:New words on Luck for Hire means new Luck on the web. My official #FridayFlash is "Business as Usual." Chronologically, this is the most up-to-date Luck, but on the blog I should have a few "Scene Missing" placards for bits I haven't posted.I have a very short piece up at 52|250 as well: "Evidence." I EtherPad-ed it again as well.Posted Chapter 29 of Pas de Chat on Sunday.And I may or may not have mentioned, "Breakfast in the Garden" is in Bards and Sages Quarterly .And all of that is pretty good reason to feel a tiny bit good despite having a cranky computer and the usual 24 hours to get spring league up and going.
January 6, 2011
RoW80 - 1st Check In
My goal is essentially 1000 new words every business day for
Luck for Hire
.
Monday: Chopped 587 words and rewrote that scene. Wrote 1,277 new words.
Tuesday: Wrote 1,113 new words.
Current manuscript word count: 12,876
Eric and I have talked every day. This book is very much in the evolution stage. My progress is pushing Eric to nail down the plot. We made a fairly large change before I put the manuscript aside in October and we're still assimilating that. There is at least one scene that needs revision.
In the realm of balancing other stuff:
I did a bit of agent/publisher research yesterday and I sent Model Species to two agents. I have my 52|250 story written...in my head. The tree is still up, I need to write Thank You notes and pay bills, some of the apartment is a mess, but clothes are clean, a couple dinners are planned, I'm where I want to be reading-wise, and I've gotten some exercise. Upcoming complicating factors: set up for spring league. Once I have the details, I need to be quick about opening registration.
Monday: Chopped 587 words and rewrote that scene. Wrote 1,277 new words.
Tuesday: Wrote 1,113 new words.
Current manuscript word count: 12,876
Eric and I have talked every day. This book is very much in the evolution stage. My progress is pushing Eric to nail down the plot. We made a fairly large change before I put the manuscript aside in October and we're still assimilating that. There is at least one scene that needs revision.
In the realm of balancing other stuff:
I did a bit of agent/publisher research yesterday and I sent Model Species to two agents. I have my 52|250 story written...in my head. The tree is still up, I need to write Thank You notes and pay bills, some of the apartment is a mess, but clothes are clean, a couple dinners are planned, I'm where I want to be reading-wise, and I've gotten some exercise. Upcoming complicating factors: set up for spring league. Once I have the details, I need to be quick about opening registration.
January 4, 2011
Every Day is a Month When You're Busy
Cadbury Christmas "Cadberries" (and their Easter brethren) can no longer come into the apartment. They join a rather short list of things that I will eat compulsively if I have access to them, "diet" be damned.
The first day of RoW80 went off well enough, I suppose. I ended up deleting part of a scene and rewriting it. In all, I wrote 1200 words. Looking at the bumped-back document, Eric doesn't say anything critical about the new stuff. We'll talk later, I'm sure.
Today is Tuesday. #2QueryTuesday to be exact. Yay! Or something like that. Time to get Model Species out the door again.
Speaking of Tuesdays, chapter 29 of Pas de Chat is available in all its #TuesdaySerial glory.
Strangely, 2011 already feels like it's months old. Good thing that it's not. My Christmas tree is still up, which isn't too unrespectable for the fourth, but would be a problem if it were April. Also, I haven't heard anything about Spring League yet, which worries me slightly. But that's how every league seems to go. Like the theater (and most things), it generally turns out well in the end whether pushed or not.
The first day of RoW80 went off well enough, I suppose. I ended up deleting part of a scene and rewriting it. In all, I wrote 1200 words. Looking at the bumped-back document, Eric doesn't say anything critical about the new stuff. We'll talk later, I'm sure.
Today is Tuesday. #2QueryTuesday to be exact. Yay! Or something like that. Time to get Model Species out the door again.
Speaking of Tuesdays, chapter 29 of Pas de Chat is available in all its #TuesdaySerial glory.
Strangely, 2011 already feels like it's months old. Good thing that it's not. My Christmas tree is still up, which isn't too unrespectable for the fourth, but would be a problem if it were April. Also, I haven't heard anything about Spring League yet, which worries me slightly. But that's how every league seems to go. Like the theater (and most things), it generally turns out well in the end whether pushed or not.
January 2, 2011
2011: Off to a Decent Start
Happy New Year! Or rather:
Mildly productive yesterday. Read through Luck for Hire, had a talk with Eric about it and process. We had a bit of a knock down drag out, but that's how it goes. Wrote a short piece for 52|250. Ready-ish for RoW80 to start tomorrow.
Received my PDF of the January issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly. And it is on sale via the website. My story "Breakfast in the Garden" is included. If you've read "Matthew Says There was an Earthquake," this story is the "garden incident" that Harold is referring to.
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I suppose it's time to clear off my note board. It's so full of 2010: Bright orange paper flowers and rubber band bracelets from Hailey and Hannah. A guitar pick and part of an eyeglass chain from my trips to Omaha. The name tag from the water bottles Kaysi made for the Phxie Chicks, all spangles and purple and pink. A string of shamrock beads and a picture commemorating spring and fall leagues. My Skirt Chaser 5K number (661), that also served to remind me of strength and sunny, warm Phoenix while I was in Omaha. Mementos from parties and dinners with friends including a bottle cap from Bard's Beer with "Does reading messages on bottle caps make you literate?" written on the inside. Movie tickets: Legion, Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, Inception. A card from my favorite new restaurant of the year: Beaver Choice. Mock up book covers for everything I've worked on last year, though I think I want something new for Luck for Hire . Many of those will stay up, as well as a small print out of![[info]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1380442897i/1319734.gif)
sockefeller
's illustration of Paul. 2010 was a pretty good year, all in all. Hope I can survive 2011.
Mildly productive yesterday. Read through Luck for Hire, had a talk with Eric about it and process. We had a bit of a knock down drag out, but that's how it goes. Wrote a short piece for 52|250. Ready-ish for RoW80 to start tomorrow.
Received my PDF of the January issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly. And it is on sale via the website. My story "Breakfast in the Garden" is included. If you've read "Matthew Says There was an Earthquake," this story is the "garden incident" that Harold is referring to.
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I suppose it's time to clear off my note board. It's so full of 2010: Bright orange paper flowers and rubber band bracelets from Hailey and Hannah. A guitar pick and part of an eyeglass chain from my trips to Omaha. The name tag from the water bottles Kaysi made for the Phxie Chicks, all spangles and purple and pink. A string of shamrock beads and a picture commemorating spring and fall leagues. My Skirt Chaser 5K number (661), that also served to remind me of strength and sunny, warm Phoenix while I was in Omaha. Mementos from parties and dinners with friends including a bottle cap from Bard's Beer with "Does reading messages on bottle caps make you literate?" written on the inside. Movie tickets: Legion, Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, Inception. A card from my favorite new restaurant of the year: Beaver Choice. Mock up book covers for everything I've worked on last year, though I think I want something new for Luck for Hire . Many of those will stay up, as well as a small print out of
sockefeller
's illustration of Paul. 2010 was a pretty good year, all in all. Hope I can survive 2011.
Book #31, 2010 Review (fitness edition)
Book #31 for 2010, posted yesterday at Reading Notes:
The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney
I adore Heaney's translation of Beowulf, so the lit-geek in me squeed when I saw that he'd done translations of two of Sophocles' plays.
I read Antigone in college. That was over ten years ago, but I don't recall being unhappy with the translation I read. Not like Beowulf. With Beowulf, I was required to read an utterly dry prose version. I might be wrong about this, but I'm not sure it's ever a good idea to turn poetry into prose when translating a work. When I came across Heaney's Beowulf, it was like a breath of frosty Viking sea air. Since I lacked the utter disappointment of hearing a bad cover of Antigone first, Heaney's version had to stand strong on its own.
It certainly does. Each character is given a cadence to their speech which gives more indication of mood than any stage direction could. Heaney does not shrink from emphasizing the parallels between this story and modern arguments of patriotism. Love of country shouldn't be defined by disdain for others, Creon's mistake. And I'm reminded of the interesting relationship the Greek authors had with their female characters. Antigone continually states that she's doing her duty as a woman and will stand up for it. Creon belittles her for being just a woman, while everyone around him seems to state, "Doesn't matter what she is. She's right."
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Fitness stuff:
Average daily calories consumed: 1839
Average daily calories expended: 1878
Considering that my weight hasn't changed, that sounds about right. I should up my activity.
According to FitDay, I played 70 hours of ultimate frisbee (expending just over 28,000 calories) and ran 100 miles (18hrs 50min, expending 9600 calories).
In general, it's difficult to say whether my body has deteriorated. I still haven't come up with a satisfactory way of tracking pain. I also need to be aware that fatigue is a symptom. In February, around the time of the Skirt Chaser 5K, I had a bit of a flare up. After I returned from Omaha, I threw my back out. I don't even remember how or when, exactly, but the pain was different than other times, extending into my quads. I used some stretches for sciatica to relieve that. Had a bad cold in the summer. Took me about a week to shake the cough. Felt pretty good during fall league. Made it through finals with no problems at all. Been a little creaky since then.
The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney
I adore Heaney's translation of Beowulf, so the lit-geek in me squeed when I saw that he'd done translations of two of Sophocles' plays.
I read Antigone in college. That was over ten years ago, but I don't recall being unhappy with the translation I read. Not like Beowulf. With Beowulf, I was required to read an utterly dry prose version. I might be wrong about this, but I'm not sure it's ever a good idea to turn poetry into prose when translating a work. When I came across Heaney's Beowulf, it was like a breath of frosty Viking sea air. Since I lacked the utter disappointment of hearing a bad cover of Antigone first, Heaney's version had to stand strong on its own.
It certainly does. Each character is given a cadence to their speech which gives more indication of mood than any stage direction could. Heaney does not shrink from emphasizing the parallels between this story and modern arguments of patriotism. Love of country shouldn't be defined by disdain for others, Creon's mistake. And I'm reminded of the interesting relationship the Greek authors had with their female characters. Antigone continually states that she's doing her duty as a woman and will stand up for it. Creon belittles her for being just a woman, while everyone around him seems to state, "Doesn't matter what she is. She's right."
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Fitness stuff:
Average daily calories consumed: 1839
Average daily calories expended: 1878
Considering that my weight hasn't changed, that sounds about right. I should up my activity.
According to FitDay, I played 70 hours of ultimate frisbee (expending just over 28,000 calories) and ran 100 miles (18hrs 50min, expending 9600 calories).
In general, it's difficult to say whether my body has deteriorated. I still haven't come up with a satisfactory way of tracking pain. I also need to be aware that fatigue is a symptom. In February, around the time of the Skirt Chaser 5K, I had a bit of a flare up. After I returned from Omaha, I threw my back out. I don't even remember how or when, exactly, but the pain was different than other times, extending into my quads. I used some stretches for sciatica to relieve that. Had a bad cold in the summer. Took me about a week to shake the cough. Felt pretty good during fall league. Made it through finals with no problems at all. Been a little creaky since then.
December 31, 2010
#FridayFlash : Cigarettes and Gin
"Cigarettes and Gin" is up at 52|250.
A couple of weeks ago Keith sent me a link on Facebook about the super-undo enabled EtherPad. I wrote "Cigarettes and Gin" using it. If you are interested in seeing what happens when I write, here's the process pad. Just click the play button. It's in semi real-time, meaning that while you get to see every backspaced correction of spelling, it compresses the pauses. It took me about 40 minutes to write "Cigarettes and Gin," but it will only take about three minutes to follow along. There are a few notes as well, placed in braces. And apparently, I'm not a fan of saving my work often.
Other places where work is posted this week:"Matthew Says There Was an Earthquake" was included in 52|250's quarterly magazine, twentysix.Chapter 28 of Pas de Chat was posted on Sunday. Looks like the last chapter of Pas de Chat will be posted at the end of April. Meaning that it took about a year to post the whole novel.
A couple of weeks ago Keith sent me a link on Facebook about the super-undo enabled EtherPad. I wrote "Cigarettes and Gin" using it. If you are interested in seeing what happens when I write, here's the process pad. Just click the play button. It's in semi real-time, meaning that while you get to see every backspaced correction of spelling, it compresses the pauses. It took me about 40 minutes to write "Cigarettes and Gin," but it will only take about three minutes to follow along. There are a few notes as well, placed in braces. And apparently, I'm not a fan of saving my work often.
Other places where work is posted this week:"Matthew Says There Was an Earthquake" was included in 52|250's quarterly magazine, twentysix.Chapter 28 of Pas de Chat was posted on Sunday. Looks like the last chapter of Pas de Chat will be posted at the end of April. Meaning that it took about a year to post the whole novel.
